Ice cream package



June 15, 1954 E. LE R. TURNER ICE CREAM PACKAGE Filed Aug. 31, 1950 2Sheets-Sheet 'l I v v. l 6 9 I o w I 0\ z M. /M 0 v1 2 T F ,5 m m 27ATTORNEYS June 15,1954 5. LE R. TURNER ICE CREAM PACKAGE Filed Aug. 51,1950 ATTORNEYS Patented June 15, 1954 ICE CREAM PACKAGE Estie Le RoyTurner, Atlanta, Ga., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Robert E.Beckwith,

Worthington, Ohio Application August 31, 1950, Serial No. 182,559

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to an ice cream package.

An object of this invention is to provide a receptacle for ice creamsandwiches which will securely hold the sandwiches so that they can beremoved without injury.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved package whichis so constructed as to hold the cookies in upright spaced position thecookies 22 and 23 are inserted into a chamber ll a paper bag 25 isinserted into the chamber, and the bag is of rectangular configurationin horizontal section and is of such a size that when the cookies 22 and23 are inserted within, the bag will be pressed outwardly and into thegrooves 20 and 2|. With the cookies 22 and 23 in spaced apart relationwithin a bag 25 the ice cream 24 may be inserted between the cookies.Each bag before the ice cream is inserted therebetween 1O 25 is of aheight substantially equal to or slightly so that the cookies will notbe broken at the time greater than the depth of a chamber l! as shownthe ice cream is inserted. in Figure 2, and one side of the bag 25 ispref- A further object of this invention is to provide erably formedwith an upwardly projecting lip an improved divider or partitionassembly which 26 which may be used for pulling a filled bag can becollapsed when removed from the confrom a chamber ll. tainer. Thepartition or divider assembly 14 is pref- With the above and otherobjects in view, my erably formed out of cardboard or the like, andinvention consists in the arrangement, combinathe crossed partitions I5and [6 are interlocked tion and details of construction disclosed in theto in a conventional manner 80 that a p drawings and specification, andthen more partition or divider assembly when removed from ticularlypointed out in the appended claim. the container or holder lil may beCollapsed a In the drawings: substantially flat form. With a holder orcon- Figure l is a plan view of an ice cream sandtainer as hereinbeforedescribed a substantial wich package constructed according to an emnumbf i cream sandwiches ay e mad bodiment of this invention. up at one timeand may be placed within the Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on theline ba s a d compartments of t ta r so that 2--2 of Figure 1. thefilled container may be placed within a re- Figure 3 is a fragmentarysectional vi tak frigerator to maintain the ice cream 24 substanon theline 3-3 of Figure 1. tially hard.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional iew taken When an ice cream sandwichis to be removed on the line 44 of Figure 2. 30 from the container theprojecting lip 26 of one Referring to the drawings the numeral m bag maybe pulled upwardly so as to remove the designates generally a containerwhich is formed i am dw wit th a fr m the of a bottom wall ll, oppositeside walls l2, and ld The provision of the confronting r v opposite endwalls I3. The container or holder forming plates l3 d at the pposi eends of it is rectangular in configuration and may be each chamberprovides a means whereby all of formed out of cardboard or the likewhich may the chambers in a container may be initially be made moistureproof. The container I0 has filled With cookies Which Will engage in eC0 removably mounted therein a divider or partition Outing grooves ofthe Chamber and the grooves assembly generally designated as M. Thepart1- provide a means for holding the cookies in spaced tion assemblyI4 comprises a plurality of spaced 40 apart upright position before theice cream is apart parallel longitudinal partition members l5 insertedFherebetWem and a plurality of spaced apart parallel trans- What 15claimed 155 verse partition memb lg An ice cream sandwich holdercomprising a. The partition members l5 and I6 divide the fzontaimerformed of bottom an and upstand' interior of the container or holder l0into a plusldes a f and palfmmn member in rality of rectangularcompartments or chambers Sam i sald mimber bemg q of i1. Each partitionmember [6 has disposed on anel longltudlpany disposed a Parallel theopposite Sides thereof plates '8 and m which transversely disposedintermediate partitions inare the width less than the width of thechamtelnse-ctm-g and mterloqked with said longitudinal partitions andforming therewith a bers I! so as to thereby form a pair of grooves 2gand 2 I at each end of a aha b n plurality of iectangulai chambers,pairs of longitudinally aligned plates of a height equal to the Thegiooves 20 and 2| provlde a means height of said partitions, permanentlyfixed along holqmg upright F of cookles 22 and 23 before their entirelength to each intermediate transthe ice cream 24 is insertedtherebetween. Before verse partition on opposite id thereof i n.

cal position and in face-to-face relation on 0pposite sides of eachchamber, said plates having a width less than the width of a chamber tothereby form a pair of vertically disposed rectangular grooves at eachend of each intermediate chamber and end transverse members havingplates aligned with the corresponding plates on opposedintermediatetransverse partitions thereby to form a pair of verticallydisposed grooves at the outer end of each end chamber.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberNumber Number 15 381,057

Name Date Teasdale Sept. 7, 1909 Vick Dec. 21, 1909 Reynolds Jan. 26,1915 Drewsen Oct. 4, 1932 Plautz Mar. 26, 1935 Rea-ume Mar. 5, 1940Zabriskie, III'et al. Aug. 8, 1950 Overland Sept. 5, 1950 Nixon Nov, 20,1951 Henderson Apr. 8, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great BritainSept. 29, 1932

